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The relationship between actual utility/value and price is only vaguely correlated. Many of the most useful things on earth can't be marketed, not because they're not worth the money but because people are extremely greedy for some kinds of domains and simultaneously are bad at realizing the impact on their lives. E.g I have never spent a single dollar to access music despite being one of the few things in life that brings me intense joy


I'm glad I can subsidize your music hobby and that you feel no sense of guilt for not supporting the people who "bring you intense joy"


It's vaguely correlated because you don't value the work of others in general. This means that at some point in your life, others did not value your work and showed you that was perfectly acceptable.




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